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Terms Starting with "C"

cancel

candidate

capable

capital-gains

capital-investment

capitalize

capture

cargo

cash-flow

cash-surrender-value

cash-value

certainty

certificate

certified-check

certified-copy

certify

challenge

chambers

change-of-beneficiary

charitable-organization

charitable-trust

charter

child-support

children's-trust

choate

chose

citation

cite

citizen

Property Law, International Law

civil-liability

Criminal Law, Civil Law

claim

clear-and-convincing-proof

cleared

client

closing

code

codicil

codicils

co-executor

collateral

columbarium

command

commingle

commission

commissioner-of-oaths

commit

common-stock

Corporate Law, Constitutional Law

community

compact

Contract Law, Constitutional Law

compensation

competence

competency

competent

complaint

Criminal Law, Civil Law

comply

compromise

conclusion

concur

condemn

condominium

Property Law, Constitutional Law

conduct

Contract Law, Criminal Law

confidential-information

confidentiality

confirmation

conformity

congress

International Law

consent

consequence

consequential-damages

conservator

Property Law, Corporate Law

consider

consideration

Contract Law, Property Law

consign

consignment

consistent

constitution

constraint

Constitutional Law

construction

construe

construed

consumer-rights

Constitutional Law, Administrative Law

contemporaneous

context

contingency

continuance

contract

contractor

contributory

controversy

Criminal Law, Civil Law

conversion

convey

convict

convincing-proof

corporate-seal

Contract Law, Corporate Law

corporation

Corporate Law, Administrative Law

co-signer

co-trustee

counsel

count

court

covenant

coverage

credibility

credit

credit-bureau

credit-report

creditor

crime

criminal

cure

current-liability

current-value

custodian

custody

Property Law, Family Law

custom

customarily